Dina Gachman

Uncertain Futures: About Episode 116 of 'Texas Monthly Presents' on PBS Certain industries in Texas, like shrimping and hemp farming, are at a crossroads. Meet two Texans whose livelihoods hang in the balance.

Hi! This Sunday I'll be on the new episode of Texas Monthly Presents: The Story on PBS. The series is nominated for 4 Lone Star Emmys, y'all @texasmonthly.bsky.social @pbs.org

If you don't catch it on PBS it'll be streaming a day or so later. Here's a preview:
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Who Knew Cockroaches Could Be . . . Cute? Holding a roach in your hand may change your perspective on “the world’s most despicable bug.”

A Texas A&M entomologist keeps colonies of them as pets in her home. . . 🪳

Holding one in your hand may change your perspective on what this magazine once called “the world’s most despicable bug.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/who-knew-cockroaches-could-be-cute/

Who Knew Cockroaches Could Be . . . Cute? Holding a roach in your hand may change your perspective on “the world’s most despicable bug.”

BOO! Read about my time with hissing cockroaches... IF YOU DARE! @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/who-k...

Now that a new generation woke up going "who the hell is Elizabeth Taylor" thx to Taylor Swift, I wrote a comic book about her ages ago and you can read it! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tribute-di...

I Went Into the Woods to Read Matthew McConaughey’s Poetry, and This Is What Happened A writer goes full Henry David Thoreau with a copy of the actor’s new book, ’Poems & Prayers.’

"I settled into my camping chair beneath a canopy of lilac and pecan trees near the bank of the creek, doused myself in bug spray, and opened 'Poems & Prayers,'" writes Dina Gachman. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/matthew-mcconaughey-poems-prayers/

I went into the woods with Matthew McConaughey's Poems & Prayers and this is what happened, y'all www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Charlie Sheen Is Ready to Tell You Everything In a new memoir and documentary, the actor known for “Two and a Half Men,” “Platoon” and a debauched life that nearly killed him puts it all out there.

Charlie Sheen spoke to our reporter about his new memoir and documentary, in which the actor known for “Two and a Half Men,” “Platoon” and a debauched life that nearly killed him puts it all out there.

Charlie Sheen Is Ready to Tell You Everything

This is a first. My profile of Charlie Sheen is today’s Great Read in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

Last month I went to LA to talk to Charlie Sheen (!!) about his upcoming memoir The Book of Sheen and so much more @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

Now on Sale: Trumpworld Trolling, With a Familiar-Looking Hat

I don't care what the hat says I would never put a red accessory of any sort on my head ever again
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It's Robert De Niro's Fault Or, why I hate tape recorders

I'm in a tizzy on Substack again, this time over Robert De Niro and recording devices
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Meet the Texans Who Love (Like Really Love) Their Snails The state boasts more native species than any other. But they are in danger, experts says.

5. "All Hail the Mighty Snail" @dgachman.bsky.social

"Gietl decided to take Gary home and learn everything she could about raising snails so that he could have a happily ever after."

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"It’s a lovely reminder that despite what’s going on in the world, despite the grim news cycle, wonder still exists, if you stop and take the time to look."
Thanks @kristastevens.bsky.social for understanding why I was so pumped to write about snails longreads.com/2025/08/08/t... @longreads.com 🐌

Meet the Texans Who Love (Like Really Love) Their Snails The state boasts more native species than any other. But they are in danger, experts says.

"What makes Gary such a hit in the online snail communities is that he has a dark, almost black, body, which is rare for a milk snail." @dgachman.bsky.social @texasmonthly.bsky.social

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In a Fairy Tale About the Housing Crisis, a Home in Texas Is a Happy Ending In Emily Hunt Kivel’s debut novel, ‘Dwelling,’ a New York woman ends up in Texas, living in a boot.

For @texasmonthly.bsky.social I talked to Emily Hunt Kivel about her magical and oh so relevant Texas-set novel DWELLING www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Sunday @nytimes.com read about the wild world of Texas cotillion! 🪩🪩

Meet the Texans Who Love (Like Really Love) Their Snails The state boasts more native species than any other. But they are in danger, experts says.

“A lot of people don’t understand the fascination with snails or why anyone would ever have a snail as a pet, but they’re so interesting to watch. I could talk about snails forever.”

Meet the Texans Who Love (Like Really Love) Their Snails The state boasts more native species than any other. But they are in danger, experts says.

Some days it feels like the world is falling apart but you know what helps? SNAILS! I swear, the sound of a snail chewing lettuce can be deeply healing. See for yourself! www.texasmonthly.com/travel/snail... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Being my dad's dating coach kind of sucks, so I wrote about setting him up with Christie Brinkley! substack.com/home/post/p-...

“No One Was Fine”: A Weekend from Hell in Central Texas The panicked messages gave way to unimaginable grief.

For @slate.com I wrote an expanded story about this heavy week in Texas
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I mean, it kind of is!!

This is a new one: I got an email from a PR person asking me to write about a memoir that I ghostwrote 😂

Follow @dgachman.bsky.social for her deeply impactful, beautiful words

Thanks for sharing it ❤️

Here’s a working link dinagachman.substack.com/p/you-dont-m...

Some thoughts about this horrible weekend in Texas 💔 dinagachman.substack

Over at Substack I wrote about my hatred of using AI as a writing "tool" and the mantra I will keep saying to my son for life dinagachman.substack.com/p/dont-be-bo...

Where Kids Put Down Their Phones and Pick Up the Correct Fork In cotillions in Austin, tweens are building confidence on the dance floor and at the dining table through evolving traditions.

The @nytimes.com asked me to tag along to a Texas cotillion ball with photographer Eli Durst. Here's what he saw/I heard 🍽️ www.nytimes.com/card/2025/06...

I'll be talking to @mallarytenore.bsky.social about her memoir SLIP at Lark & Owl in Georgetown next month, come say hi!

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Where's Our Lucius? The gladiators in the ring

Over at Substack I wrote about Ancient Gladiators, US politics, and Paul Mescal in a skirt dinagachman.substack.com/p/wheres-our...